There have been so many cultural changes simply within the last century, and I do feel that cultural change is an evolutionary process. Nobody in the past would have expected that contemporary culture will be so cyber-focused, but reality has shown that what began as something so rare has expand into something nearly everyone can have some sort of access to the internet.
When I first joined Facebook and used Google, I did not anticipate their scale and their impact today. I also feel that when these companies first started, they had not really anticipated this either, regardless of how ambitious they were or what high hopes they held.
Because of their presence and the dynamics of the industries where competition and product innovation have urged on an economic change, we (consumers and commoners) have also actively participated in this process to generate further progress in changing our culture, society, and lives.
Undoubtedly, the world has been changing. It is almost as if we need to actively participate in social networking sites now in order to stay competitive or to simply show that we've "kept up" with the world. I would hate to think that this was a coherent plan of some human mastermind out there, but rather, it was something that has evolved out from different actions, thoughts, and trends of the times.
On a more personal note, I was very against joining Twitter or even posting certain statuses on Facebook because I didn't feel that people really needed or cared about what breakfast I hated that morning. But now I have a Twitter (tweet!), Blogspot, LinkedIn, YouTube, you name it!
How have you seen culture evolve in our world & in your life?
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